Britney Spears is so done with the media telling lies about her, so she's coming after them.

Salacious gossip and incessant paps have (unfortunately) been a recurring theme throughout Britney's career, but it seems she's had enough of it all.

Britney's lawyers have sent a scathing letter to In Touch after they sent prior warning of a story they'd written claiming the singer had been acting erratically at the MTV Video Music Awards last weekend (via TMZ).

In the letter, Britney's lawyers apparently slammed the magazine's claims as "utterly false, highly defamatory and completely offensive to Ms Spears", saying they are prepared to sue if the magazine goes ahead and runs the story.

Of course we all know better than to believe stories like that - especially as we're existing in what appears to be a bit of a golden age for Brit at the moment.

Whilst we're on the topic of the VMAs, let it be known that it's been 15 (fifteen!) whole years to the day since Brit broke all the rules and became a snake-charming icon with that 'Slave 4 U' performance.

Considering the nature of certain media outlets, a reminder of Britney owning that python would only be appropriate...